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- | ====== The Tools Menu ====== | ||
- | {{:mapping:cawe:menureference:menutools.png }} Contains items that are related to CaWE tools as well as object alteration. | ||
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- | ===== CaWE Tools ===== | ||
- | Opens the chosen tool in the same way as when clicked on the related icon in the tool bar. Note: An exception is **Edit Patch Surface Properties**, which has no related icon in the tool bar. This tool opens the [[mapping:cawe:dialogs:patchmaterial|Patch Material Properties]] dialog. | ||
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- | ===== Carve ===== | ||
- | Subtracts the space occupied by the selected brush from all other brushes with whom the selected brush intersects. | ||
- | ===== Make Hollow ===== | ||
- | Turns all faces of the selected brush into a solid wall with a thickness, that is specified in a popup dialog. | ||
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- | ===== Group ===== | ||
- | Puts all selected objects into a group, so they can be selected together by clicking at one group member. | ||
- | ===== Ungroup ===== | ||
- | Cancels the group status of all selected groups. | ||
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- | ===== Tie to Entity ===== | ||
- | Transforms the selected brushes to an solid entity. | ||
- | ===== Move to World ===== | ||
- | Transforms a solid entity back to a normal brush. | ||
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- | ===== Replace Materials ===== | ||
- | Opens the [[mapping:cawe:dialogs:replacematerials|Replace Materials]] dialog. | ||
- | ===== Material Lock ===== | ||
- | If activated materials are locked and no longer automatically shifted if you move, resize, rotate or shear a brush and its faces. | ||
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- | ===== Snap Selection to Grid ===== | ||
- | Snaps the point of origin of the selection onto the nearest grid point. | ||
- | ===== Transform ===== | ||
- | Opens the [[mapping:cawe:dialogs:transform|Transform Type-In]] dialog. | ||
- | ===== Align Objects ===== | ||
- | {{ :mapping:cawe:menureference:menutoolsalign.png}} | ||
- | Only works for more than one selected object | ||
- | * **to Left**: Moves all objects to the most left edge of the selection. | ||
- | * **to Right**: Moves all objects to the most right edge of the selection. | ||
- | * **to hor. Center**: Moves all objects to the horizontal center of the selection. | ||
- | * **to Top**: Moves all objects to the top edge of the selection. | ||
- | * **to Bottom**: Moves all objects to the bottom edge of the selection. | ||
- | * **to vert. Center**: Moves all objects to the vertical center of the selection. | ||
- | ===== Flip Objects ===== | ||
- | {{ :mapping:cawe:menureference:menutoolsflip.png}} | ||
- | Only works for more than one selected object | ||
- | * **Horizontally**: Flips the objects along a horizontal line trough the center of the selection. | ||
- | * **Vertically**: Flips the objects along a vertical line trough the center of the selection. |